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Direct lenders take the initiative as banks step back
In recent weeks, private credit and direct lenders have brought more certainty to borrowers as capital markets were roiled by tariff chaos
Banks already working on deals in the industrials and chemicals sectors
As Ares raises the largest direct lending fund, Goldman Sachs reorganises to serve the trend
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Private equity firms and corporates are unloading speculative grade debt deals with loose terms, but investors still pocket them this week, suggesting that their recent resolve for discipline may be short-lived. -
MCS Groupe opened a roadshow for a new 2024 floating rate bond this week, as it seeks funding for the acquisition of DSO Group to create a leading player in the debt repurchase industry in France.
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The €6bn debt funding for AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals’ buyout has some lawyers, bookrunners and investors in the European leveraged finance markets agonising over what they describe as an exercise in private equity firms flexing their muscles.
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Borrowers are unloading a still increasing number of new deals in the leveraged debt primary markets in September, hoping to find sufficient demand. But investor appetite, while supportive, is showing a selective taste this week.
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Sterling leveraged loan volumes are on the rise, even as sterling high yield bond volumes have been heavily curtailed, said Marlborough Partners this week.
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On Friday, AkzoNobel and Suse announced new deals in the already bustling European markets for high yield bonds and leveraged loans, bolstering expectations of record volume for September.
